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smm4774
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April 7, 2017
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What's the best Nvidia Graphics Card for Premiere Pro CC 2017?

  • April 7, 2017
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I am considering a switch from Mac to PC and researching graphics cards.  Here are the different combos I'm considering and I'm curious to know what the best performing card/cards would be.  I am a full time editor cutting half hour and hour format documentaries and reality tv.  I use a fair amount of transition effects and 4k video.

Geforce 1080 Ti x 2

OR

Geforce 1080 TI PLUS Tesla K40

OR

Quadro GP 5000

Any insight or recommendations are greatly appreciated!

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    RjL190365
    Legend
    April 7, 2017

    Those may be overkill, depending on the performance of your future PC's other hardware components (chiefly CPU, RAM and disks/storage). For example, if your new PC has a weakling CPU and minimalist-performing storage, then any of these combinations would be a colossal waste of money as far as performance in CUDA applications is concerned.

    In addition, the middle option should not be considered since Tesla cards will not work with any gaming cards at all (or put it this way, the system will run but the Tesla card will be semi-permanently disabled). Tesla cards require Quadro cards of the exact same same GPU generation in order to work properly (for example, the Tesla K40 will work properly only with a Quadro K#### series GPU. and not a Quadro M#### or P#### series GPU).

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    smm4774Author
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    April 7, 2017

    Thanks for the reply.  I was planning going with a Gigbyte x99 and Intel i7 extreme 6950x with 128gb of Ram.  I think a single 1080 TI may be the best bet.

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    JEShort01
    Inspiring
    April 8, 2017

    A single GTX 1080 Ti should work fine for your workflow and planned CPU.

    Regarding RAM, if your transitions are all in Premiere, 64GB would be plenty. If your "fair amount of transition effects" are however in After Effects, 128GB is probably a better fit.

    Regards,

    Jim

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